Rhabdodendron

Taxobox
name = "Rhabdodendron"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Rhabdodendraceae
familia_authority = Prance
genus = "Rhabodendron"

"Rhabdodendron" is a genus comprising 2–3 species of tropical South American trees.

"Rhabdodendron" is placed in its own family, Rhabdodendraceae, which has only been recognized for the past few decades. The 2003 APG II system (unchanged from the 1998 APG system) assigned it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The 1981 Cronquist system placed it in the order Rosales. Before the creation of the family Rhabdodendraceae, the genus "Rhabdodendron" had a very lively history as to taxonomic placement.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/rhabdode.htm Rhabdodendraceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval." Version: 2nd June 2006. http://delta-intkey.com